Posts from October 22nd, 2026
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Iconic Diners Beckon Foliage Watchers Who've Worked Up An Appetite
Diners have long been community gathering spaces where locals and visitors rub shoulders while whetting their appetites with freshly prepared homestyle food at a reasonable price. Diners are ideal stopping spots for foliage watchers, either before setting out to see Mother Nature's colorful autumn display or while enroute along the state's highways, byways and backroads.
Slide into a booth or perch on a stool at the counter and order up your favorite breakfast foods, a BLT or tuna melt for lunch, and a turkey dinner for your evening meal and you'll be repeating a tradition that began in the late 1800s with lunch wagons that served casual fare to people of all backgrounds.
Today's diners take many forms, with a number of them being repurposed train dining cars. Whatever the building looks like, diners are nostalgic eating spots w...